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Co-acting signals would be provided alongside a signal, for example at a platform or by a bridge where the layout of the cab or other such infrastructure would ordinarily prevent the “main” signal being seen clearly. A banner repeater would be some distance before the signal because the signal...

I’m not surprised given the cost in the rail industry and more generally across public infrastructure projects that seems to be going on right now. In a previous role I undertook we were quoted by Network Rail a six figure sum for installation of a waiting shelter equipped with lighting and...

Some foreign tourists also still rely on cash as many countries are not as enlightened as the UK to have widespread FX-free bank cards.

I agree. Step free access is avaliable to all three platforms at Olympia, and on the West London line, stations either side are both step free, so I would say given the limited funds avaliable there are definitely more deserving cases and areas in London where there’s no stations that are step free.

I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate policy of TfL or just by happenstance, but it seems to me that most retailers at LUL and Overground stations, whether simply just newsagents or coffee shops, are independent businesses as opposed to chains from the likes of SSP that you see at Mainline stations.

The driver is responsible for releasing the doors on the London Overground.

l seem to remember there was a thread here about the poor reliability of the escalators at New Street station in Birmingham not long after the completion of the refurbishment.

The list isn't jumbled up; it's the case that the line(s)/mode(s) with the most severe disruption will appear at the top.

lt does not appear to be the gap, but the step up, that is the issue.

Looks to me that it was measured correctly - measured to replace the sign that was on the boards beforehand (Picture on Wikimedia commons here). Also of note is that they seem to have dropped the bizarre policy of splitting the departure board in two for "East" and "West," with all trains now...

Network Rail will have some sort of GIS / property asset register which details the extent of railway lands. This map includes data that was released in 2016 and will give you a basic indication: http://map.whoownsengland.org/ I’m not sure if it’s avaliable as open data like TfL’s one is; if...

Does anyone know what the issue with the siding at West Ruislip being taken out of commission is? It’s been closed at least a week now with HS2 saying some kind of “safety audit” is needed. A letter from the council (who have increased the permitted hours of road deliveries) to residents implies...

This thread has been locked until the OP returns to clarify what exactly he is asking for. Thread title has been corrected and thread moved to the correct forum.

Filton Abbey Wood has had schedule 17 hours for a ticket booth staffed during the evening peak for as long as I can remember. During Wessex Trains days this was a man in the hut with an Avantix machine like many other stations in the area such as Yate and Keynsham. When the Greater Western...

You may be interested in a thread from last time this topic came up, which also includes a link to the time before when someone asked this. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-busiest-unstaffed-station.240448/ This refers to numbers from pre-Covid so things may have changed since then...

Note that the TRU is not a TfL document but a document for London Underground staff, therefore any initiatives being done by Elizabeth line and their staff will not be detailed within it.

ls there really much cost of keeping a station open in such the circumstances, especially at low-speed locations such as this? Many of the Beeching-era closures took place at a time where stations were quite heavily manned, and were criticised for failing to consider other ways of reducing costs...

The second through platform at Princes Risborough was reinstated some 25 years ago, in 1998. And in any case you could argue it doesn’t meet the requirements for the thread as it was not a single through platform on a double track line, but only ended up like this when the line was...

Cubic Gates do, S&B don’t (they display a reason, the reason list being in the first list that I linked to in the post you quoted). Given the OP said the barrier tells him to “seek attention,” he will be using Cubic gates; the actual wording being “seek assistance” but this is nothing like what...

If you watch this video you can see why it may be an innocent mistake, as the producer for the group said that he is making something for Japanese TV, and also refers to the pianist being Japanese. Brendan actually starts the video by saying they are Chinese but the producer ‘corrects’ him by...